Posted on October 30 2021

Canada immigration update: All PNP draws in October 2021

By
Anshul Singhal
, Editor

Updated May 10 2023

Canada’s Provincial Nominee Program (PNP) is for workers that have the skills, education and work experience to contribute to the economy of a particular Canadian province or territory. Canada PNP offers around 80 immigration pathways or ‘streams’. Each of the PNP streams targets a specific class of immigrants. A PNP stream might be for – skilled workers, semi-skilled workers, international students, or businesspeople. https://youtu.be/FOUQZeqvkwE Canadian PNP offers a route to permanent residence in Canada, provided the individual wants to live within the province/territory nominating them for Canada PR. The application process for a specific PNP will be as per the stream applying to. PNP stream aligned with the federal Express Entry system follow a completely online application process. These are enhanced PNP nominations. Other streams have a paper-based process. A nomination through such any of such streams is referred to as a base nomination. Provinces and territories part of the PNP hold draws from time to time, inviting Canada immigration hopefuls to apply for being nominated by the province/territory for permanent residence in Canada. The number of invitations issued in any PNP draw is as per the annual nomination's allocation, the volume of applications under processing, and the demand of the local labour market. Here, we shall be seeing all the provincial draws held in October 2021. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RELATED

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quebec province and Nunavut territory are not a part of PNP. Quebec has its own immigration programs. Nunavut has no immigration program for the induction of newcomers into the territory. Draws by Quebec are also referred to as Arrima draws. This month, Quebec invited 23 candidates in an Arrima draw held on October 21, 2021. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY

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Number of PNP invitations issued in 2021, by provinces part of the PNP
PNP Province/Territory	Jan 2021	Feb 2021	March 2021	April 2021	May 2021	June 2021	July 2021	Aug 2021	Sep 2021	October 2021
Alberta	150	359	500	400	500	375	329	396	1,335	293
British Columbia	523	871	1,514	984	914	974	885	926	994	975
Manitoba	490	503	634	1,009	382	1,300	1,792	275	1,252	885
New Brunswick	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Newfoundland and Labrador	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Northwest Territories	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nova Scotia	Not disclosed	43	Not disclosed	0	0	0	0	0	0	330
Ontario	484	1,469	880	528	479	2,509	2,907	875	1,758	2,602
Prince Edward Island	211	121	150	156	155	113	127	161	143	204
Saskatchewan	887	840	666	548	528	255	575	948	919	0
Yukon	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

PNP draws held in October 2021 –

Province / Territory	PNP program	Category/Stream	Status	Information of draw[s]
Alberta	Alberta Immigrant Nominee Program [AINP]	Express Entry	1 draw held	October 12 – invitations issued: 293
British Columbia	British Columbia Provincial Nominee Program [BC PNP]	Skills Immigration [SI], Express Entry BC [EEBC], Entrepreneur Immigration [EI]	8 draws held	October 26 – invitations issued: 306 October 26 – invitations issued: 52 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631] October 19 – Tech draw – invitations issued: 85 October 12 – invitations issued: 308 October 12 – invitations issued: 101 [only to NOC 0621, NOC 0631] October 12 – EI Base Category – invitations issued: 10 October 12 – EI Regional Pilot – invitations issued: <5 October 5, 2021 – Tech draw – invitations issued: 108
Manitoba	Manitoba Provincial Nominee Program [MPNP]	Skilled Workers in Manitoba, International Education Stream, Skilled Workers Overseas	2 draws held	October 21 [EOI Draw #128] — invitations issued: 459 October 7 [EOI Draw #127] —invitations issued: 426
New Brunswick	New Brunswick Provincial Nominee Program [NBPNP]	Express Entry	No update for this month	-
Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Nominee Program [NLPNP]	Express Entry & Other Programs	No update for this month	No invitations issued so far this year. A new stream – Priority Skills Newfoundland and Labrador – launched in January 2021.
Northwest Territories	Northwest Territories Provincial Nominee Program	-	-	-
Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia Nominee Program [NSNP]	Labour Market Priorities, Express Entry Express Entry & Other Programs	2 draws held	October 7 – Job Offer draw – invitations issued: 286 October 7 – carpenter draw – invitations issued: 44
Ontario	Ontario Immigrant Nominee Program [OINP]	Employer Job Offer [EJO]: Masters Graduate, PhD Graduate, EJO: In-Demand Skills, EJO: International Student stream, EJO: Foreign Worker stream	6 draws held	October 27 – HCP – invitations issued: 1,408 October 20 – EJO: Foreign Worker Stream – invitations issued: 4 [Targeted draw for Economic Mobility Pathways Project candidates.] October 20 – Masters Graduate stream – invitations issued: 479 October 20 – PhD Graduate stream – invitations issued: 63 October 7 – FSSW – invitations issued: 162 October 6 – HCP draw – invitations issued: 486
Prince Edward Island [PEI]	Prince Edward Island Provincial Nominee Program [PEI PNP]	Labour & Express Entry, Business Work Permit	1 draw held	October 21 – invitations issued: 204 The next draw is to be on November 18, as per PEI PNP draw schedule for 2021.
Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Immigrant Nominee Program [SINP]	Express Entry, Occupation In-Demand	No update for this month	-
Yukon	Yukon Nominee Program [YNP]	-	-	-

Note. NOC: National Occupational Classification matrix. NOC 0621: Retail and wholesale trade managers. NOC 0631: Restaurant and food service managers. If you are looking to Study, Work, Visit, Invest or Migrate Overseas, talk to Y-Axis, the World’s No. 1 Immigration & Visa Company. If you found this blog engaging, you may also like … How to get your Canada PR Visa application banned?

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